Manufacturing & Design Integration Engineer

Overview

As a Manufacturing & Design Integration Engineer, you bridge Design Engineering and Production at the Newton Aycliffe plant to ensure designs translate into reliable rail vehicles. You will resolve production issues, suggest practical improvements, and support manufacturability and safety across cross-functional teams. This hands-on role emphasizes collaborative problem-solving and influencing decisions to align build with the approved design. You’ll work on-site, shaping how design intent becomes reality in a complex manufacturing environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Potential annual performance bonus
• 25 days holiday
• Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%
• Private medical insurance
• Personal Accident insurance? (listed) – ensure exact phrasing from ad: “Personal Accident insurance”

Responsibilities

• Serve as the engineering link between Design, Production, Quality, Testing, Commissioning, Supply Chain and Project teams
• Investigate and resolve manufacturing and assembly issues with practical engineering solutions and clear recommendations
• Review drawings and designs to identify issues and improvement opportunities
• Support design and build reviews to ensure manufacturing aligns with the approved design
• Provide timely feedback on design-built discrepancies
• Proactively suggest design improvements for safety, reliability, manufacturability and maintainability
• Communicate design and system information clearly to relevant teams
• Keep stakeholders informed through the project lifecycle from design to production support
• Support reliability, maintenance and safety activities for rail vehicle design and production
• Produce clear technical reports to inform decisions and corrective actions

Key requirements

• Significant experience in rolling stock, rail vehicle design or similar complex mobile equipment
• Strong understanding of design requirements and translating them into practical solutions
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and recommend improvements
• Good understanding of rail or transit vehicle operation
• Knowledge of reliability, maintenance and failure-analysis methods
• Strong problem-solving skills with constructive challenging ability
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build cross-functional relationships
• Ability to communicate effectively in English with international teams and produce technical reports
• Ability to work independently while aligning with wider teams
• Experience with CAD tools is advantageous (Creo or AutoCAD); professional registration or progress toward registration would be beneficial

• Strong communication
• Collaborative mindset
• Proactive problem-solving
• CAD: Creo, AutoCAD (advantageous)
• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings
• Reliability, maintenance and failure-analysis methods

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